Global InformationCostasiella ocellifera information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Costasiellidae |
| Genus: | Costasiella |
| Species: | C. ocellifera
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| Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895)
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Costasiella ocellifera is a small (5–13 mm) species of sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae.[2] Costasiella ocellifera, and other members of the Costasiellidae family are often mistakenly classified as nudibranchs because they superficially resemble other species of that group, but they are actually a part of the Sacoglossa superorder of sea slugs, also known as the “sap-sucking sea slugs,” "crawling leaves" or the "solar-powered sea slugs."[3] C. ocellifera was discovered by Simroth in 1895, and was initially classified as Doto ocellifera.[4] The Brazilian species, Costasiella liliana, is a synonym of C. ocellifera.[5][6]Costasiella ocellifera shows long-term retention of functional kleptoplasty.[7]
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- ^ "Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895) | Cataloging Diversity in the Sacoglossa". sacoglossa.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ de Vries J, Christa G, Gould SB (June 2014). "Plastid survival in the cytosol of animal cells". Trends in Plant Science. 19 (6): 347–50. doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2014.03.010. PMID 24767983.
- ^ Clark, Kerry (1984). New records and synonymies of Bermuda opisthobranchs (Gastropoda). pp. 85–97.
- ^ Swennen C (31 August 2007). "Costasiella coronata, new species, and a revised diagnosis for the family costasiellidae (Mollusca : Opisthobranchia : Sacoglossa)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 55 (2): 355–362.
- ^ "Snails and Slugs (Gastropoda)". www.molluscs.at. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
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